#tim drake is black bird

[cedarshade]

i'm kinda a fan of the design but i just mainly hope he can one day get his own identity besides red robin

[dceasesd]

bat and birdies as my favorite tweets, pt. 5

i’m back with another one of these 🫡 plz enjoy

pt. 1 / pt. 2 / pt. 3 / pt. 4

also, a bonus bruce one!

[batcavescolony]

*Comic bats+rogues get dropped into Gotham tv show universe*

Batman: *on tv* to all my rogues, you have 30 minutes to meet us in Robinson Park, or I send the kids after you. If you can't get to the park in 30min you're all smart enough to find a way.

Voice from the back: WHICH ONES.

Batman: Hmmmm, All of them?

Voice from the back: ...DOES ROBIN HAVE HIS SWORD?

Batman: yes

*a few colorfully dressed people part from the crowd towards Robinson Park*

[call-me-oracle]

barbara gordon in birds of prey (1999) covers pt. 1

[ambrosethedarling]

He’s pretty cool for a bird B]

[bread--hood]

Hideout Details

[nefarious-616-necromancer]

[seechelle1999]

More character designs - this time, every kid sidekick to work with or for Batman ever, because I got massively carried away. In order:

Dick Grayson, 28 (Robin I / Nightwing)

Barbara Gordon, 30 (Batgirl I / Oracle)

Jason Todd, 22 (physically 20) (Robin II / Red Hood)

Tim Drake, 17 (Robin III / Red Robin)

Stephanie Brown, 17 (Robin IV / Batgirl III)

Cassandra Cain, 19 (Batgirl II / Black Bat)

Damian Wayne, 10 (Robin V)

Duke Thomas, 15 (Signal)

Carrie Kelly, 13 (Robin ??? Look I love her too much to leave her off a list like this but I'll be the first to admit I've got no clue where she would actually fall)

Harper Row, 18 (Blue Bird)

Cullen Row, 12

Terry McGuiness, 3? (a baby, I guess? In this timeline at least?)

Jarro the Starro in a Jar, 0 (Best Robin by far)

Tiffany Fox, 14 (Batgirl IV?)

Bette Kane, 25 (Batgirl / Flamebird / Snuck in without being noticed)

I don't know if I'll ever add to this in terms of a story, but it was a lot of fun to come up with different faces for everyone, trying to account for things like age, face shape, life experiences, in one case species (still can't believe we were blessed with starfish-robin from space, 10/10 no notes)

Some poor Justice Leaguer: "So, how many kids ya got?"

Batman: *screaming*

[wanderingghostz]

[shyjusticewarrior]

Harley Towards Tim vs. Other Batkids

Damian:

Calls him a little shit and pushes him off her ferry. Then immediately throws him a lifesaver and gives him a blanket & hot coco.

Cass:

Harley calls her the Batgirl who used to be an assassin then follows it up with "no offense, you cinnamon roll."

Tim:

Shouts "nobody asked you, duck boy" after he implies she's crazy. Argues with him over whose animal sidekicks are better, repeatedly accuses him of rigging it, threatens him while calling him "chicken legs."

[soranatus]

Tim Drake, Black Bird By Sebastián Píriz

[thehollowprince]

Tim Drake, Black Bird - Sebastián Píriz

[ghost-in-the-corner]

Can I just say how perfect the name Black Bird is for Tim?

When he was young, he loved Robin with all his heart. Dick was his hero, Jason was his idol. And when he was given the opportunity to be the third Robin, he was hesitant at first, but ultimately became an incredible hero.

But he's outgrown Robin. Even Red Robin, he's grown out of. Just like Dick and Jason, his own story and adventures have matured him to the point where he needs to shed the Robin title. Cause Robin as a broad concept is a paragon protege, a child who represents the light and hope of Gotham. People look for the green, red and yellow as much as they watch out for the black. But Robin has to be a child for this hope to work. Tim just isn't.

But he is a bird. Because he still operates on principles extremely like Nightwing's. He isn't vengeance like Batman is, always looking on the past. He's a beacon, looking to pave a way to the best possible future, meaning he can't be Black Bat. Tim will always be a bird.

Which is why Black Bird is the right name for him. He grew up in the shade of Gotham, his whole world surrounded by vigilantes and tragedy. Yet he still became a good hero, a symbol for the people of the city. He grew up to be more like Nightwing than Batman; still a bird roaming through the dark, fighting the good fight for the sake of goodness. He doesn't need to be Robin anymore, and Black Bird is what he should become.

[nonaonann]

Gothamites must have THE BIGGEST headache trying to keep track of all the birds and bats. I mean, all the different mantles they uptake during their vigilante tenure, think the robins and the batgirls,, plus all the different names and costumes they take up before settling into whatever DC continuity decides on.

Bonus: You think when one of them goes through an extreme costume change, some gothamites just think a new one has hit the streets?

ALSO, imagine trying to talk about a specific batgirl but it's just:

(For context, in current canon, both Steph and Cass are Batgirl. They're operating at the same time with the same name.)

"Oh, the ginger? She was badass. I dont think she's a Batgirl anymore though."

"No, I'm talking about the other one."

"The other one? Bro, there's more than one."

"The newest one on the scene."

"The purple one?"

"No, bro. She's been on the vigilante scene longer than the other one."

"Bro, no she hasn't. The ginger was the first one."

"I'm not talking about the ginger!"

"..."

"..."

"The one covered head to toe in black?"

"YES!"

"But she was Batgirl before the purple one."

"But the purple one's been on the streets longer."

"But she's the newest batgril?"

"She was a robin before that. The girl one."

"BRO, I KNOW THERE HAS NOT BEEN A PURPLE ROBIN."

"Dumbass, of course not! She wore the same colors as the others."

"Wait. So she wasn't that other purple vigilante?"

"Dude, Spoiler and the purple Batgirl are two different people."

"No way, dude. They have the same cloak thingy. Plus, no way Spoiler would let some girl walk around in her color, she was kinda territorial 'bout it. They have to be the same person!"

"Bro, based on that argument, the Robins might as well all be the same person."

"Ah, that's true... Backtrack, you said the girl Robin. There's been two."

"No there hasn't, dude."

"Yes there has. The second ginger one was a girl."

"There is no ginger Robin, bro, let alone two. Only black haired and one blondie."

"Dude, I swear I'm not lying about that."

.

It must be even worse with the Robins. No one can agree how many there's been, what hair colors they had, if they wore pants or not, if they've died, their age, their gender, what new name they picked up (if they dont think ex. Robin 1 and Nightwing are two dofferent people). It's all chaos.

Just, imagine this:

(Their referring to the Robin toy in the BatBurger kids meal btw)

"What Robin's this thing modeled after?"

"...Definitely not the new kid. That thing's [the toy] pale as the frickin' moon."

"So...one of the black haired ones?"

"Dude, they practically all have black hair."

"Bro...we talked about this last week. There were two gingers and a blonde."

"Yeah, but then Bobby said there was no way there were six robins."

"But then Tiff said there was definitely a blonde one cuz she met the girl a few times."

"Oh, and she did say there was at least one ginger, but he went emo, black box dye or somethin'."

"Oh wait, this one [the toy] doesn't have pants."

"That's still like half of them, dude!"

"Well I'm sorry, Bro! Take it up with the Bat! Tell him to get some fucking variety."

BONUS:

(Situation: someone being held hostage is being saved/handed over to paramedics or something OR report asking the question gothamites are dying to ask)

"Are you ever going to give an official statement on how many vigilantes are operating in Gotham?"

*inaccurate stare translation: Even I don't know how many there are. They keep appearing no matter how many times we do a headcount.*

"Silent treatment, terrific. What if I said a number, this number including you in the count, and then you said higher or lower?"

*small nod*

"Ten?"

*points a finger up, holds back an amused smile in response to the person's godsmacked face, then grapples away*

.

[The next day | someone's reading the article/blog post/tweet]

"There's more than ten of us??"

[summerbummin]

I like Tim having a bird themed name because Tim idolized Robin, not Batman. He looked up to Batman too, but Dick Grayson was his hero. Especially since Bruce was kind of a hot mess at first, so Tim never really had the hero worship like he did with Nightwing. So Tim having a bird themed name, a bird themed symbol on his chest, just makes sense.

My two favorite ideas for Tim’s new hero name are either Crow or Cardinal.

[vveakfish]

yeah uh, this post did something to me

have a inverness cape Tim wip

thank u @aliteralchicken for the brain worms